Uyu mushinga witezweho impinduka ukorwa binyuze mu bigo byabo; Cassava Technologies iyobowe na Masiyiwa n’uruganda rw’ikoranabuhanga Nvidia rwa Huang, rukaba ari rumwe mu masosiyete afite agaciro kanini muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.
Afurika yiteguye kwakira uruganda rw’ubwenge buhangano
Kugeza ubu, ibikoresho bigezweho bikoresha “graphics processing units (GPUs)” bimaze koherezwa muri Afurika y’Epfo, aho bizashyirwa mu nganda za mbere zizakira uru ruganda.
Mu itangazo Strive Masiyiwa yashyize ahagaragara, yavuze ko ubufatanye n’uruganda rwa Nvidia buzafasha Afurika kubona ubushobozi buhanitse mu mibare no mu gukora porogaramu, ndetse bikagabanya ubukene mu bijyanye n’ikoranabuhanga rikomatanyije. Ati: “Duhaye urubyiruko imbaraga zo gukora ibisubizo binyuze mu bwenge buhangano, kandi bidafashe igihe kirekire.”
Muri Mata 2025, Masiyiwa yatangaje ko Cassava Technologies iri guteganya gushora agera kuri miliyoni 720 z’amadolari ya Amerika muri uyu mushinga.
Inyungu rusange kuri Afurika
Strive Masiyiwa avuga ko uru ruganda ruzafasha guhanga ibisubizo byifashisha ubwenge buhangano, bigakorerwa kuri uyu mugabane aho gushaka ibisubizo mu mahanga. Uyu mushinga uzibanda ku bihugu nka Afurika y’Epfo, Misiri, Nigeria, Kenya na Maroc. Nvidia izahatangiza "supercomputers" zayo zikoresha ikoranabuhanga rihambaye, rishingiye ku mashini zishoboye gutunganya amakuru menshi vuba.
Hardy Pemhiwa, Perezida wa Cassava Technologies, yemeje ko nibura ibikoresho 3,000 bya Nvidia byoherejwe muri Afurika y’Epfo muri Kamena 2025, hakaziyongeraho ibindi 9,000 bizakwirakwizwa muri Kenya, Nigeria, Maroc na Misiri mu myaka itatu iri imbere.
Kurwanya ubusumbane mu bumenyi
Kugira GPU bisaba amafaranga menshi. GPU imwe ya Nvidia ishobora kugura arenga $40,000, ikaba ihenze cyane kurusha ubushobozi bwa benshi muri Afurika. Ibi byatumaga Afurika yizirika ku bigo by’amahanga bikora serivisi z’ikoranabuhanga rishingiye ku bicu nka AWS, Google Cloud na Microsoft Azure.
Celina Lee, Umuyobozi wa Zindi (umuryango w’abahanga mu bwenge buhangano bo muri Afurika), avuga ko uyu mushinga uzagira impinduka zikomeye. Ati: “Bizaha abahanga b’Afurika ubushobozi bwo kubona ibikoresho bihendutse, guhabwa ububiko bwihuse no kwihutisha iterambere rya AI.”
Ubu buryo bushya buzifashishwa n’inganda zikomeye ku isi nka OpenAI, Meta, Tesla na Google, bikaba bishobora gushyira Afurika ku rwego rumwe n’ibihugu byateye imbere mu bijyanye na AI.
Icyizere ku bihangano bishingiye ku rurimi n’umuco nyafurika
Afurika iracyari inyuma mu kwitabwaho mu bijyanye n’amakuru akoreshwa mu gutoza porogaramu za AI. Ibi bituma izo porogaramu zidakunze kumenya indimi n’amasura y’abirabura neza. Gukorera AI kuri uyu mugabane bizafasha abahanga bo muri Afurika gukora porogaramu zifata mu buryo buhamye imibereho, ururimi n’imico y’abatuye uyu mugabane.
Uri inyuma y’uyu mushinga w’igitangaza
Strive Masiyiwa ni umuherwe ukomoka muri Zimbabwe, uzwi cyane mu gutangiza Econet Wireless n’uruganda rukora umurongo wa internet rukomeye ku mugabane wa Afurika, Liquid Intelligent Technologies. Ibigo bye bimaze gukwirakwira mu bihugu birenga 14, bifite umurongo w’itumanaho ungana na kilometero ibihumbi 100. Binjiye no mu bukungu bushingiye ku muriro w’izuba, uburyo bwo kwishyura hifashishijwe telefoni, ndetse n’ubwikorezi.
Yashimangiye ko uyu mushinga ari kimwe mu by’ingenzi bizasigara mu mateka ye, kuko uzaha Afurika ijambo rikomeye mu ikoranabuhanga ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Ejo hazaza h’Afurika muri AI
Nubwo uru ruganda ari intambwe ikomeye, ni intangiriro gusa. Abasesenguzi bemeza ko hakenewe ubundi bufasha mu guteza imbere impano, ubushakashatsi n’amategeko azagenga ikwirakwizwa rya AI. Uru ruganda nirwuzura, Afurika izaba yinjiye neza mu isoko rya kane ry’inganda rishingiye ku ikoranabuhanga.
